Double-Booked

Double Booked
Studio album by Robert Glasper
Released	August 25, 2009 (2009-08-25)
Studio	Systems Two (Brooklyn, NY) Brooklyn Recording (Brooklyn, NY)
Length	1:12:19
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper chronology
In My Element (2007) Double Booked (2009) Black Radio (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Billboard	[2]
PopMatters	6/10 [3]
The Guardian	[4]
Tom Hull	B− [5]
Under the Radar	[6]

Double Booked is the fourth studio album by American pianist and record producer Robert Glasper. It was released on August 25, 2009 via Blue Note Records. Recording sessions took place at Systems 2 Studios and Brooklyn Recording in New York City. Produced entirely by Glasper himself, it features contributions from drummer Chris Dave, bassists Vicente Archer and Derrick Hodge and saxophonist Casey Benjamin, as well as Bilal, Mos Def, Questlove, Terence Blanchard and Jahi Sundance.

Track listing

The Robert Glasper Trio

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"		0:30
2.	"No Worries"	Robert Glasper	7:08
3.	"Yes I'm Country (And That's OK)"	Glasper	8:08
4.	"Downtime"	Glasper	5:23
5.	"59 South"	Glasper	6:13
6.	"Think of One"	Thelonious Monk	9:13

The Robert Glasper Experiment

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"4eva"	Glasper Dante Smith	2:17
8.	"Butterfly"	Herbert Hancock Benjamin Maupin Jean Hancock	6:02
9.	"Festival"	Glasper	10:04
10.	"For You"	Sameer Gupta Casey Benjamin	2:12
11.	"All Matter"	Bilal Sayeed Oliver	6:35
12.	"Open Mind"	Derrick Hodge	8:34
Total length:			1:12:19

Personnel

• Robert Glasper – piano, electric piano, producer
• Chris Dave – drums
• Vicente Archer – double bass (tracks: 1–6)
• Derrick Hodge – bass guitar (tracks: 7–12)
• Casey Benjamin – alto saxophone & vocoder (tracks: 7–12)
• Terence Blanchard – voice (track 1)
• Dante "Mos Def" Smith – rap vocals (track 7)
• Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson – voice (track 7)
• Bilal Oliver – vocals (tracks: 11, 12)
• Jahi Sundance – scratches (track 12)
• Joe Marciano – recording & mixing (tracks: 1–6)
• Keith "Qmillion" Lewis – recording & mixing (tracks: 7–12)
• Mike Marciano – mastering
• Konstantin Dzhibilov – art direction, design
• Joey Lawrence – photography
• Marques Green – additional photography
• Eli Wolf – A&R
• Gordon H Jee – creative director
• Shanieka D. Brooks – product management

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [7]	7

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "Double Booked - Robert Glasper | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
2. Rucker, LeLand (August 25, 2009). "Robert Glasper, "Double Booked"". Billboard . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
3. Layman, Will (October 12, 2009). "Robert Glasper: Double Booked » PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
4. Fordham, John (September 11, 2009). "Robert Glasper: Double Booked". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
5. Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Robert Glasper". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
6. Frye, Cory (September 17, 2009). "Double Booked". Under The Radar . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
7. "Robert Glasper Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2025.

External links

• Double Booked at Discogs (list of releases)